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timethief on "Adding some form of instant chat box into WordPress"

timethief — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:17:28 +0000

That said, despite the fact there no chatboxes, message boards, forums or wikis that you can embed into a free hosted WordPress.com blog, because there is no FTP access and we cannot upload plugins, you have three free workaround forum options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/

timethief on "Adding some form of instant chat box into WordPress"

timethief — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:15:40 +0000

In the past there were chatboxes we could use, at present there are none. Chatboxes are Javascript widgets and Javscript widgets present security risks to us as our blogs are not independent. They share a common architecture and security is a major issue.

prayingforoneday on "Adding some form of instant chat box into WordPress"

prayingforoneday — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:03:31 +0000

A small chat box somewhere so people can speak direct?
Where you can only talk to people you follow?

I think this would be brilliant idea.
How hard to do, I don't know.

Thanks
Shaun

mminnaar on "how to add chatbox in my blog?"

mminnaar — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:36:24 +0000

I also want to know please.
For themotherload.net

sesosesili on "how to add chatbox in my blog?"

sesosesili — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:58:22 +0000

guys pls help me, I need it quickly

feartheseeds on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

feartheseeds — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:58:37 +0000

I think, sometimes, Matt has second thoughts about this first thoughts. It makes a lot more sense for the business, for example, to have you.wordpress.com on a business card.

FWIW: both http://wp.com/ and http://wp.me/ take me to the new dashboard, and every post has its own WP.me shortlink.

Personally I'm waiting for the "Random Blog" button to make a comeback, I know Matt thought that was a good idea.

http://wordpress.com/next/

raincoaster on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

raincoaster — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:56:40 +0000

But that's the same with the Ask box at Tumblr.

yongsheng on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

yongsheng — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:21:08 +0000

yup, thanks again.
it might have been around for 4 years, but meebo is scheduled for removal in 2 weeks time, and google talk isn't exactly what we'll call a "close" substitute for a multi-user, leave-a-message chatbox, is it?

and of course, contact forms are great too, but the questions are made private, not public

raincoaster on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

raincoaster — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:44:45 +0000

Right now there's the Meebo chat widget, but Meebo is dying. You can also use Google Talk http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/tag/google-talk/ .

Some themes have different page templates. You can use the Theme Filter to find which ones do. Of course, we also have the Contact Form, which is more elaborate than Tumblr's Ask box.

yongsheng on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

yongsheng — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:03:05 +0000

thanks! do tell me where i can access them on a subdomain.wordpress.com account :)

raincoaster on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

raincoaster — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:39:37 +0000

2 and 3 already exist. 3 has existed for about four years.

yongsheng on "YOU.WP.COM and OTHER suggestions"

yongsheng — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:38:30 +0000

1. What happened to the age-old suggestion of you.WP.COM? If what Matt says is really true (http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/wpcom/), then we should simply have shorter domain names too!

2. Have different types of pages, modelled on other blogging sites? One great example is Tumblr's "Ask me anything", an excellent question form great for personal and even corporates sites.

3. Have a Chatbox widget! :)

serenitymeadow on "Chat box"

serenitymeadow — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:45:12 +0000

I see that the link to our blog that timethief revealed has been removed, yet this thread remains, we wanted the thread removed, not just the link, but that's better than nothing i suppose. It still doesn't alter the fact that the URL should not have been shown after Sam chose the option not to show it. The blog is private now until we decide whether or not to delete it.

serenitymeadow on "Chat box"

serenitymeadow — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:15:16 +0000

14 hours now. I am the owner of this blog and i am furious that the link was revealed on here as Sam (from Red Soul Nights) specifically chose not to have the URL shown. All timethief had to do was ask Sam what the URL was and then he could have explained why he didn't want it shown. We managed nearly 50 posts without anyone on WP finding the blog (not so now as people have been clicking the link since yesterday) because we deliberately used obscure categories to avoid the popular reader topics where people sit waiting...If WP actually gave an option to turn off 'followers' there wouldn't be the need to hide posts from the Reader where the odd peope sit waiting for updates to like like like follow follow follow within a second of a post appearing, they don't even read the posts or visit the blog, Who wants followers like that? I certainly don't Bring back old fashioned blogging where people weren't obsessed with amassing fake followers and likers (like the Facebook people who think they're popular because they have 5,000 'fake' friends!!), We blog for the love of what we do and not for the self deluded thought of "ooh look how popular i am". We chose to be relatively anonymous on WP itself, but now that's destroyed.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:17:19 +0000

12 hours and this thread is still here after asking for it to be removed. What an absolute joke.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:26:07 +0000

URL's are added automatically when you post here in the forum. I chose an option from the scroll down to not have the blog shown, what's the point of having an option of not revealing it if it is then revealed. I just want this post or thread whatever it is, removed as soon as possible although judging by the views now i'm guessing it's too late and we are now doomed.

timethief on "Chat box"

timethief — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:20:23 +0000

Hi again,
As many of those who post to these forums are actually WordPress.org bloggers, who are lost and posting to the wrong support forums, we Volunteers automatically ask for blog URLs or we search and find them as I did.

Only Staff and Moderators can edit threads and we Volunteers have means of priorizing threads. :( We simply flag them and Staff set their own priorities.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:15:56 +0000

Thank you timethief i'd like this post removed as soon as possible please. I contacted the owner of the blog and she's set the blog to private for now. I know you were only being helpful but this took a great deal of effort to avoid the "instant click, don't bother reading" followers on WordPress and it was working too. The chat box is obviously a new feature, remember me when they all come here in droves asking what it is!!

timethief on "Chat box"

timethief — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:09:03 +0000

I'm sorry but I don't have such a pop-up in my dashboard. I'll flag this thread for Staff attention and they can answer your question and remove the link which is easily found in Google searches for you.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:08:25 +0000

I would like to have this post removed please as we have gone to great lengths to avoid people finding us on WordPress, because of spam followers and likers etc, and we even use obscure categories to avoid all that nonsense. This took a lot of effort and it was working until timethief decided to reveal all.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:04:14 +0000

Thanks very much (not) for adding the link that we specifically did not want added here, which is why i did not link my name. The box pops up in the dashboard and in editing posts and says 'Howdy! How may we help! It's a blue box and the Howdy is usually a WordPress thing.

timethief on "Chat box"

timethief — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:59:33 +0000

If this is the blog in question [removed] then I don't see what you see.

timethief on "Chat box"

timethief — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:57:52 +0000

Please post an active link to the blog you see this happening on.

asbadgerseesit on "Chat box"

asbadgerseesit — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:55:49 +0000

I was writing a post and a blue chat box popped up at the bottom of my screen on the right, asking how they (WordPress) may help me!! Is this a new WordPress feature and if it is why doesn't WordPress inform people of these things, and then we wouldn't need to come here and ask what the hell it is. it popped up in the Dashboard area too. Please tell me i can turn the damn thing off.

timethief on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

timethief — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:32:59 +0000

@buthidaungthar
Some chatbox codes will not work on our software here because the software strips the code out to preserve security. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/
You can use the meebo chat widget on a wordpress.com blog > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/meebo-widget/ There are also two other chatboxes we can use on wordpress.com blogs > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/07/4-chatboxes-for-wordpress-com-blogs/

In the furture please do not post off-topic into threads. if you cannot find a thread on the same topic please start your own so we can prevent confusion. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/support#postform

buthidaungthar on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

buthidaungthar — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:23:31 +0000

Help me , i can't install cbox at my blog(ngalone.wordpress.com) side bar.
how to install cbox on sidebar? which widget need to used?

timethief on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

timethief — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:45:31 +0000

@lynneayers
That's good to hear. Best wishes with your blog. :)

lynneayers on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

lynneayers — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:16:30 +0000

thanks for pointing that out - I'm good on this now

justjennifer on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

justjennifer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:53:12 +0000

@lynneayers- timethief is correct. Twenty Eleven does not display the sidebar on single posts or pages.

However, Twenty Eleven also has a widget enabled footer, which is visible on all posts and pages.

timethief on "how gallery or slide show is displayed"

timethief — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:20:11 +0000

When I add a gallery or slide show it displaces my sidebar.

It's not the galleries or slidehows that are at issue here. Not all themes have sidebars on every page. The Twenty Elevn theme is not coded to display sidebars on single post pages. All themes can have galleries and slideshows. They will automatically resize to fit the maximum displayed image width of the theme.